Escape from desire and merchandising
know that you already have abundance
This crazy greed for more and better
leaves us wanting, forever dissatisfied
if we can pay the bills,
have sufficient to eat
our health okay
loyal family or friends
What more do you really need
it’s just fancy decoration
excess accumulation
which becomes a burden
always concerned of theft
that friends gather to fleece
when will you understand
we have most of what we need
are you content with what you have
or always grasping at more?
aroused 
Desire is not all bad, but some believe it is the nasty raod to attachment …
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ah everything in moderation is fine, but many give it unbridled power over their lives.
Attachment has many subtle layers …
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It is insidious if we’re not aware
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exactly and too many are oblivious …
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you are right. people all of us are never happy with what we have. always wanting more. sad really. I know for me, I need to learn that I have all I need its just looking to find it. xxx
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the sooner we know we have sufficient the more content we become 🙂
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I’m still working at cleaning out my ‘spare’ rooms…
Two more boxes of books gone, to for my DIL’s school, another for charity. And even some ready for electronic recycling. Got hubby to go through some papers and stuff too. But at least there is just a tad more room on the porch 😉
Getting rid of ‘things’ can be hard….
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Very hard but so rewarding when you see the space you create … well done Jules 🙂
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Couldn’t agree with you more!
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GREAT subject, message and poem, Kate!
Well…I grew up very poor and what I learned was to be content with having my basic needs met. So as an adult I never needed much to be content. I am so grateful for everything I have. I have so much more than my parents ever had.
I heard a guy speak once one “Needs, Wants, and Desires”. He explained them all and it was a good speech. For example he said, “We NEED a car to get around to work and back. So a good used car can do the trick. We WANT a brand new car. We desire a Rolls Royce sedan. Ha. He reaffirmed for me that having needs met is a wonderful gift in life. We really can live without the wants and desires.
HUGS!!! 🙂
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ooh so well said Carolyn, I love the wisdom you add to my short sharp posts, thanks so much 🙂
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You’re welcome! You always get my brain in gear and touch my heart…so I just have to share what I’m thinking about, and what I’m feeling, with you. 🙂
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I so appreciate it, many a regular commenters but yours are always deep 🙂
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Me…deep?! 😉 Thank you!
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lol don’t you dare deny it … 🙂
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HA! I was going to! and I had all kinds of witty comebacks to prove I’m not deep. But I heard a friend’s voice in my head (who always says to me) “Just say ‘Thank You’, Carolyn.”
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ah thanks for explaining … added this to your actual poem so you don’t scare off my usual family friendly readers 🙂
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I wouldn’t worry …. I cite artistic licence.
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Difference between needs and wants.Welk penned, Kate
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Yet more and more
I find of late
This constant need
To decorate
My slow decay
And speculate
That I might still
Negotiate
A better end
A better fate
A champagne life
To celebrate
I fool myself
I compensate
With greed I sadly
Masturbate.
And I should add, for clarification, that the last word is meant figuratively. It is intended to represent a lust for all those little things that have, in the end, no real meaning.
And a bit of shock value.
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Nice post. It is very much true that we transform the negative energy into positive energy
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Well, this guy certainly doesn’t seem “content with what he has.” Off with his head! 🙂
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oh Oliver Twist … you touched my heart, I love this kid and the show! Guess he had absolutely nothing but persecution by the c’s 😦
PS appreciate how you keep with your music theme even in comments 🙂
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So very well said.
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A life of minimalism………sounds simple but is hard to achieve but once done it can be liberating
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it is truly liberating, I can recommend it!
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